From ac1a3c8604cde0821660f4b4e9bc1a958f35f70e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sujay Krishna Suresh <sujay.cooldude@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:55:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Checking the size of the element

Adding a check on the client size of the element
where size = (offsetWidth * offsetHeight).
This will be able to detect those elements that are hidden or zero-sized in the layout.
---
 jquery.visible.js | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jquery.visible.js b/jquery.visible.js
index 764464e..85986ab 100644
--- a/jquery.visible.js
+++ b/jquery.visible.js
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 	    	_top			= $t.offset().top,
 	    	_bottom			= _top + $t.height(),
 	    	compareTop		= partial === true ? _bottom : _top,
-	    	compareBottom	= partial === true ? _top : _bottom;
+	    	compareBottom	= partial === true ? _top : _bottom,
+	    	clientSize              = this.offsetWidth * this.offsetHeight;
 		
-		return ((compareBottom <= viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop));
+		return !!clientSize && ((compareBottom <= viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop));
     };
     
-})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+})(jQuery);